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Stephen Bilko throws out first pitch of Angels game on honorary weekend for his father

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The RailRiders have returned from the All-Star break with a flair for the dramatic.One night after Kyle Roller&#8217;s decisive 11th-inning home run, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre got it done in the ninth.Jose Pirela&#8217;s single to center brought home the winning run as Scranton/Wilkes-Barre tacked on three runs in the top of the ninth to beat Louisville 4-1 on Friday at Louisville Slugger Field.Aaron Judge added a sacrifice fly and Juan Graterol chipped in with an RBI single later in the frame before Chris Martin came on to nail it down for his first save.Just an inning earlier, Judge had tied the game at 1-1, following a leadoff triple by Jose Rosario with an RBI double to put the RailRiders on the board.Both Rosario and Graterol were in the game replacing Ramon Flores and Austin Romine, respectively. Flores did not return after being hit by a pitch in the fourth while Romine was pulled in the middle of the fifth.Louisville had struck first, breaking a scoreless tie in the bottom of the sixth on a Jermaine Curtis RBI single. That brought home Irving Falu, who cracked a leadoff triple of his own.Scranton/Wilkes-Barre struggled to string hits together against rehabbing Cincinnati Reds starter Tony Cingrani and veteran reliever Sam LeCure. Through seven innings, the RailRiders had six hits and no runs.They broke through against Drew Hayes in the eighth when Rosario and Judge came up with back-to-back extra-base hits.Then in the ninth, Cole Figueroa doubled to start the winning rally and Pirela followed immediately with the go-ahead base hit.Esmil Rogers turned in a strong start for the RailRiders, going seven innings and allowing just the one run on seven hits. James Pazos pitched the eighth to pick up the win in relief.Figueroa had a team-high three hits while Pirela and Judge had two apiece.The RailRiders and Bats meet again for the third of a four-game series at 6:05 p.m. today.RailRiders 4, Louisville 1RailRiders`AB`R`H`BIFigueroa ss`5`1`3`0Pirela 2b`4`1`2`1Flores lf`1`0`0`0Rosario lf`3`2`1`0Judge cf`4`0`2`2Bird dh`5`0`1`0Romine c`2`0`0`0Graterol c`3`0`1`1Roller 1b`4`0`0`0Austin rf`4`0`0`0Fiorito 3b`4`0`2`0Totals`39`4`12`4Louisville`AB`R`H`BINegron ss`4`0`0`0Falu 2b`3`1`2`0Curtis 3b`4`0`2`1Boesch dh`2`0`0`0Satin 1b`3`0`0`0Cabrera c`4`0`2`0Rodriguez rf`4`0`2`0Waldrop lf`4`0`0`0LaMarre cf`4`0`0`0Totals`32`1`8`1RailRiders`000`000`013`&#8212;`4Louisville`000`001`000`&#8212;`12B &#8212; Fiorito, Judge, Figueroa; 3B &#8212; Rosario, Falu; SB &#8212; Pirela, Judge, Falu; E &#8212; LaMarre, NegronRailRiders`IP`H`R`ER`BB`KRogers`7.0`7`1`1`1`3Pazos (W)`1.0`0`0`0`2`0Martin (S)`1.0`1`0`0`0`1Louisville`IP`H`R`ER`BB`KCingrani`5.0`4`0`0`1`6LeCure`2.0`2`0`0`0`1Hayes (L)`1.2`5`4`2`1`1Balester`0.1`1`0`0`0`0T &#8212; 2:55; A &#8212; 7,704.<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta>Times Leader</bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta>Reach Times Leader sports at 570-829-7143 or on Twitter @TLsports</shirttailMeta></div>

RailRiders stage another late rally to beat Bats